Book distributor Littlehampton Book Services is implementing voice technology from VoiteQ following a four week trial.

Dr Mick Jackson, operations director at Skills for Logistics, has been presented with a Fellowship by the Institute of Couriers for his work on Continuous

When Skills for Logistics commissioned widespread research to find the issues of concern regarding training for the logistics sector, the two demands that kept being made were for training and qualifications to be relevant and consistent around the UK.

Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, unveiled a £1.75 million training package that is designed to position Merseyside as a global leader in maritime and logistics training when he visited Mersey Maritime last month.

Age discrimination is rife in the UK workplace despite being illegal, according to the latest the Recruitment Confidence Index (RCI), by Cranfield School of Management.

Visitors to the Commercial Vehicle Show at the NEC last month will have seen Skills for Logistics campaigning hard to persuade companies to take up public funds for training.

There is more available space than ever before standing at 230,457,680 sq ft as of December 2007, according to the latest statistics from King Sturge’s Industrial Floorspace Today survey.

It’s as much an occupiers’ market as it has ever been,” says Richard Sullivan of Savills commenting on the increase in available warehouse space along the M4 corridor, particularly around Heathrow.

The perception that there are a lot of big sheds and not much demand in the North West is, like most generalisations, not strictly true.

Operating margins in the manufacturing sector are being squeezed to their limit, according to Colliers CRE’s April Property Snapshot. It found that while overall growth in the sector is positive, it has slowed markedly in recent months.